Visiting friends

Do you have friends that you’ve had what it seems like forever and you are just as comfortable around them 30 years later and you were when you first started to hang out? Well that’s what we’re lucky to have with our Card Club group. When we first started we were all just married and starting our families. Then as the years passed, we went to not only our kids activities, but our friend’s kids stuff  – basket ball games, football games, musicals…. well you get the picture. We wanted to make sure that we were supporting not only our family but also our friend’s family. Then the kids all got older and started to move on to college. Most of them have moved out of the area to start their new lives. So now that most all of us in the Card Club are ’empty nesters’ you would think it would be easier to get together right? Wrong. We really have to work hard to make the time for each other and sometimes it works and other times we’re not so successful. So we’ve always talked about getting together at one of our friends house that was in the club. This couple moved a couple of years ago and only lives  a couple of hours away, but we’ve never gone down just to visit. We’ve gone to their kids graduation parties, but that’s just not the same as just sitting around and being able to visit. So  when another couple  from our card clubs band was playing in that area, well this was the time to make this adventure happen. We were ready for a night (and next morning) to just hang out with our friends. I can’t help thinking just how cool that was that we actually got together. Because we’ve all been in a situation when it’s so much easier just not to go. And by just making a little effort we were able to have one of the best weekends laughing until our bellies literally hurt, eating wayyyy too much, dancing, and  just hanging out with our friends. What a good time we had!